Description | Daily observations in the Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel. Six readings per day at 4.00am, 9.00am, noon, 3.00pm, 8.00pm and midnight. The columns record: date; hours a.m. and p.m.; wind direction and force; weather; rainfall; with air thermometer readings; marine and oil barometer readings; and general remarks recording the ship's location or position.
According to the general remarks, HMS Terror commenced a first voyage from Nassau in the Bahamas, sailing on 10 January 1837, with a variety of ports of call or anchorages, including: Port Royal, Jamaica; Old Providence Island, Colombia; Havana, Cuba; Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas; Double Headed Shot Cays, Bahamas; Stirrup Cay, Bahamas; returning to Nassau on 10-11 March 1837. A second voyage commenced on 18 March, from Nassau to Portsmouth Harbour, England, anchoring at Spithead on 23 April 1837. Daily positions are noted as latitude and longitude. Signed [p.19]: 'R. Owen'.
Front cover [p.1] headed: 'Meteorological Register kept on board H.M.S. Thunder from 1st January to the 27 April 1837'. With the stamp of the Royal Navy Hydrographer's Office, 2 May 1837. |